Chapter 587: Chapter 178: Hidden Jealousy (Part 2)

Suo Meiya patted the instrument panel, annoyed at the uselessness of the mecha; if she hadn’t collaborated with Wu Qingqing, she wouldn’t care.

But after cooperating, she couldn’t help but compare, compete.

When returning to replace the energy pool and repair the mecha, Suo Meiya couldn’t help but look at the other contestants.

Contestants around her were coming and going rapidly, each having rotating mechas.

They were either supported by corporate funds or rented more mechas, handing the driven mecha over to their dedicated maintenance master, immediately piloting another one out to save time.

Seeing this, she felt even more imbalanced in her heart.

They say it’s a fair competition, but it’s actually a battlefield for the wealthy.

She didn’t think about it at all; in the New World, she and her sister had made a lot of money, but they sent most of it back to the village for the sake of face.

Besides some praise and a little face, it had no practical use.

Not spending where needed, no planning, no consideration for the future.

If her vision had been more long-term, once the dust settled and she truly entered the military, she could give back to the village, avoiding the present predicament.

Suo Meiya not only failed to consider the fundamental reasons for the dilemma but blamed all external factors.

The angle of thinking was skewed.

While waiting to change the energy, she pondered deeply about the difference in strength between her and Wu Qingqing.

The conclusion of her pondering was that much of Wu Qingqing’s strength came from the mecha and substantial financial resources.

Might as well not think about it.

Wu Qingqing felt a sudden chill on her back, narrowly dodging an Insect Man’s sneak attack, landing on the signal tower’s deck.

A Demon Eye Worm Man approached rapidly, dozens of tentacles clinging to the deck, bouncing upwards.

The outstretched tentacles were indistinguishable from a fishing net.

The live broadcast device hurriedly adjusted its position, narrowly brushing past the tentacles. Even if it dodged, its propulsion casing still had a corner scraped off.

Bullets in the feed:

"Too close, too close."

"Scared to death."

"A behemoth."

"Qingqing, run."

The audience in Wu Qingqing’s live stream shrank back in fright, their bodies reacting instinctively.

The live broadcast device quickly stabilized, but it was damaged and couldn’t continue broadcasting, temporarily supported by another device, autonomously retreating from the battlefield back to the support ship.

As soon as it returned, data was immediately transmitted, and another live broadcast device replaced it, setting off.

The entire process was seamless, and Wu Qingqing’s broadcast was uninterrupted.

Wu Qingqing decisively released two Insect Slaughters, these possessing the Chain Ring Blade feature, allowing them to return to the body through control.

Seeing the body being wrapped up.

Three Insect Slaughter long blades; the mecha grabbed one, simultaneously swinging from different angles.

The sharp blades cut diagonally upwards, severing the tentacles as widely as possible, cutting them off.

The tentacle-formed "net" lost its function.

Wu Qingqing pulled out the shield from her back, gently suppressed it, leveraging force, horizontally slamming into the Insect Man Demon Eye Worm’s mouth.

The impact was so powerful that the side of the shield was dented slightly.

The Demon Eye Worm Man suffered greatly; its exposed slender proboscis (mouthpart) shattered directly.

All those watching the live stream envisioned a meme of the Demon Eye Worm Man’s head full of question marks.

Black Wing rotated its body, kicked the Demon Eye Worm Man onto the deck, and before it could recover, fired a shot with the Insect Slaughter at its weak point, exploding half the eye socket.

That was enough to kill it completely; the body, like a broken toy, was kicked out of the signal tower by Wu Qingqing to let it drift farther away.

The liquid inside floated out, forming clumps of various sizes.

A nearby military mecha master immediately moved cautiously with a container to carefully collect it, handing it over to the live devices circling around. These were not activated, merely acting as traction, pulling the sample back to the support craft.

The whole process proceeded in an orderly manner; all this was material for Su Xiaocai’s research, and it had to be delivered safely to the expert’s hands.

What led to this scene was Admiral Bai getting a new mecha not long ago, leading the charge to the battlefield with Insect Man warriors, putting on a show.

He even recorded a video; the navigator was amazing, and the mecha was even more so.

The recovery ability of this mecha was simply the ultimate dream for a warrior; everyday custom mechas, once damaged, would have to wait for a cycle.

But Admiral Bai’s mecha could use this rapid recovery ability to fight until the last moment.

Close combat weapons were also unprecedented, able to suppress Insect Man regeneration.

Three hundred and sixty degrees, making people overwhelmingly envious.

When others asked how much the custom cost, Admiral Bai said it was a gift from a nephew; the exact amount, who would disclose that?